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Source:
History of Auglaize Co., Ohio -
Vol. II of 2 Volumes
Edited by William J. McMurray
Wapakoneta, Ohio
Historical Publishing Company
Indianapolis
1923
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CHRIS W. ALTHOFF,
a well known and substantial retired farmer now making his home
in New Bremen, where he has resided for the past seven or eight
years, is a native son of Auglaize county and is a member of one
of the pioneer families here. Mr. Althoff was born
in German township on Feb. 12, 1855, and is a son of
GEORGE and Anna (Kreimer)
Althoff, natives of Germany, who came to this country
shortly after their marriage and settled in the German
settlement that had been effected in and about New Bremen, this
county. That was about the time work on the canal was
begun, and for some time after his arrival here George
Althoff worked on the construction of that waterway, thus
acquiring a start toward the purchase of a farm in this county,
for he had come to this country with the intention of becoming
an agriculturist. He bought a tract of forty-seven acres
of uncleared and undrained land in the western half of section 6
of German township, along the border of Mercer county, and there
established his home and proceeded to develop his place,
afterward adding to his holdings until he became the owner of an
excellent farm of 177 acres, a part of which was located over
the line in Mercer county. He and his wife were the
parents of ten children, six of whom grew to maturity, those
besides the subject of this sketch being John Herman, Henry,
Catherine and Anna. Reared on the home farm in
German township, Chris D. Althoff received his schooling
in the somewhat primitive school that was maintained in that
neighborhood in the days of his boyhood and worked with his
father on the farm until the latter's death. A few years
later he married and then bought a farm of eighty acres down in
the neighboring county of Shelby, where he established his home
and where he continued actively and successfully engaged in
farming until his retirement from the farm in 1915 and removal
to New Bremen, where he has since resided and where he and his
family are very comfortably situated. Mr. Althoff
is a Republican and has ever given a good citizen's attention to
political affairs though he has not been a seeker after public
office. He and his wife are members of St. Peter's
Evangelical church at New Bremen and take an interested part in
church affairs. Mr. Althoff has been twice married.
By his union with Anna Kuenning, his first wife, he had
five children, three of whom - George, Walter and
Cecelia - are living. By his marriage to Emma May,
his present wife, he has four children, Otto, Alvin, Malinda
and Leona. All of these children are married -
George Althoff married Emil Schweede and has one
child, Edith. Alvin Althoff married Mabel Regnas
and has one child, Dora Anna. Malinda Althoff
married Louis Howe and has four children, Lola,
Frederick, Marie and Mildred, and Leona Althoff
married Edward Eckhart. Mr. Althoff thus has nine
grandchildren in whom he takes much delight.
Source: History of
Auglaize Co., Ohio - Vol. II - 1923 - Page 279 |
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GEORGE
ALTHOFF - See Chris W. Althoff
Source: History of
Auglaize Co., Ohio - Vol. II - 1923 - Page 279 |
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GEORGE J. ALTHOFF,
former proprietor of the bakery at New Bremen and one of the
best known citizens of that place, has been a resident of Ohio
all his life. He was born on a farm in the Botkins
neighborhood in the neighboring county of Shelby on May 26,
1882, and is a son of Chris W. and Anna (Kuenning) Althoff,
both of whom were born in Auglaize county, members of pioneer
families here, and the former of whom is still living, now a
resident of New Bremen, where he has made his home since his
retirement from the farm. Chris W. Althoff was born
at New Bremen, where he grew to manhood. After his
marriage he moved to Shelby county, where he bought a farm and
where he continued farming until his retirement and removal to
New Bremen, where he is now living. He still owns his farm
of eighty acres. He has been twice married and by his
first wife (Anna Kuenning) was the father of five
children, three of whom are still living, those besides the
subject of this sketch being Walter and Cecile.
Following the death of the mother of these children Mr.
Althoff married Emma May and by this latter union has
four children, Otto, Alvin, Malinda and Leona.
Reared on the home farm in Shelby county, George J. Althoff
received his schooling there and during his youth helped on the
farm. He later took up the baker's trade and for some time
"worked around" at that trade, becoming thoroughly acquainted
with the details of the business, and in 1916 became a partner
of his brother in the operation of a bakery at Botkins, where he
remained until in February, 1920, when he bought the bakery at
New Bremen. This bakery had a capacity of 300 loaves of
bread a day, or its equivalent, and the products of his ovens
attained a wide popularity in the neighborhood. In the
spring of 1922 Mr. Althoff sold his bakery on account of
failing health. He is the owner of a farm in Shelby county
but continues to make his home at New Bremen. George J.
Althoff married Emma Eversman and has one child, a
daughter, Irma. Mr. and Mrs. Althoff are members of
St. Peter's Evangelical church and are Republicans.
Source: History
of Auglaize Co., Ohio - Vol. II - 1923 - Page 267 |
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